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A number of amendments to the Final FRCA Structured Oral Examination (SOE) will be introduced from December 2018. A full list of changes to be introduced are set out on the exam changes page. Furthermore, the Final examiners have released a full...

Research led by the Health Services Research Centre at the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the University College London Surgical Outcomes Research Centre today reveals one in seven operations in UK hospitals are cancelled on the day of surgery.
Published in the British...

The RCoA is pleased to announce that the topic of the Seventh National Audit Project (NAP7) will be perioperative cardiac arrest. A panel comprised of senior clinicians from the RCoA, the National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia (NIAA), Health Services Research Centre (HSRC),...

The Royal College of Anaesthetists has responded to the General Medical Council’s (GMC) ‘Welcomed and valued’ consultation.
The GMC oversees all stages of medical education and requires organisations to support disabled medical students and doctors through their training. They...

The care of the critically ill woman in childbirth; enhanced maternal care 2018 has been published today. The study summarises recommendations relevant to the care of pregnant or recently pregnant, acutely or chronically unwell women, who require acute hospital maternity and...

In response to the Court of Appeal’s judgment in the Bawa-Garba case, Dr Liam Brennan, President of The Royal College of Anaesthetists said:
“I welcome the General Medical Council’s acceptance of the Court of Appeal’s judgment in this case.
“However, today’s verdict does not...

The FPM Trainee survey for Higher and Advanced Pain Medicine trainees is now open. The survey is part of the quality management strategy for the Faculty and will use your feedback to help inform change and we will act upon any issues raised. You should have received an email...

In preparation for the move away from Short Answer Questions (SAQ) to Constructed Response Questions (CRQ) from September 2019, the Final board of examiners conducted pilot CRQ exams during Finals revision courses in January and July 2018. The purpose of these pilot examinations...

Responding to the report from the Joint Committee on the Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill, Dr Liam Brennan, President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, said:
“We welcome this report and are particularly pleased that the Committee has endorsed the ‘safe space...

PLEASE NOTE: Following the recent appointment of Dame Clare Marx as Chair of the General Medical Council (GMC) from January 2019, the GMC has announced that Dame Clare will step down from leading the independent review of gross negligence manslaughter and culpable homicide in...